Inequality and development : case studies from the Third World

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Inequality and development : case studies from the Third World

edited by K. Swindell, J. M. Baba and M. J. Mortimore

Macmillan, 1989

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This is a compilation of papers presented by geographers at a workshop on "Spatial inequalities and development" sponsored by the Commonwealth Geographical Bureau at Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria, in September 1985. It includes contributions from Ghana, Zimbabwe, India, Canada and Britain.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 Measuring spatial inequalities : the spatial impress and dynamics of underdevelopment in Ghana, J.Songstore
  • patterns of rural development in Borno State, Nigeria, J.A.Ijere
  • methods of measuring spatial inequality and their use - the example of Zambia, R.Henkel
  • spatial inequalities in Nigeria's social services, J.A.Falola. Part 2 Inequality in settings : spatial inequalities in Zimbabwe with reference to the communal farming areas, L.M.Zinyama
  • inequalities in Murang'a district, Kenya, local organization for change, F.Mackenzie and D.R.F.Taylor
  • the problems of rural inequalities on the Kano Irrigation Project, Nigeria, J.M.Baba
  • access to land and farm incomes in Botswana, J.W.Arntzen and R.M.K. Silitshena
  • regional inequalities in Bharuch Distrct, Gujarat, V.Rangaswamy. Part 3 Inequality in settings: low income housing in metropolitan Manila, the Phillipines, M.Tekie
  • workers, retrenchment and urban-rural linkages in Kano, Nigeria, H.A.C.Main
  • inequality and domestic energy in Kano, Nigeria and Freetown, Sierra Leone, R.Akindele Cline Cole. Part 4 Time, policy and development: an evaluation of the differential impact of public policy on spatial inequalities in Sri Lanka since 1972, V.Samarasinghe
  • urbanization and urban policy in East Africa - a case for the bottom up approach to development planning, R.A. Obudho
  • regional disparity, central development banking and manufacturing in Nigeria - emerging patterns and issues, J.O.Akintola-Arikawe
  • trade and inequality in Borno, Northeast Nigeria, G.Porter
  • ecology, time and development in Kano State, Nigeria, J.A.Binns and M.J.Mortimore.

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  • NCID
    BA20645749
  • ISBN
    • 0333465431
    • 0333465431
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, 390 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
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